Life is tough brutish and short in Nigeria. The people daily slave for pittance while the elites in their struggle for power trample on the basic...
By Ahmed Boulor Short-fused Nollywood actor Jim Iyke spared no pretences when he slammed a user of the social media platform, Instagram, who pleaded with...
Leicester City record signing Ahmed Musa has declared that he is not under pressure to score goals and help the team as the new season approaches....
The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere says it is disappointed at the position expressed by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo over the debate on restructuring Nigeria. The group...
France forward Antoine Griezmann has won the award for Euro 2016 Player of the Tournament. UEFA announced that the 25-year-old was voted as the winner by...
By Ahmed Boulor Fresh from his just concluded tour of the United States of America where he went to promote his songs, Triple MG artiste,...
The 50th birthday anniversary of Akwa Ibom state Governor, Emmanuel Udom was remarkably celebrated with pensioners in the state protesting that he pays them their entitlements....
By JUDE NDUKWE …The recent reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, by President Muhammadu Buhari is another gross abuse of the...
Nasarawa state workers’ strike continues today despite Governor Al-Makura’s threat to replace them with fresh graduates. Organised labour unions in the state, not minding the governor’s...
By Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu…In 2009, during a state visit to Ghana; one of the few countries on the continent credited with a vibrant democracy, President Barack...
By Zayyad I. Muhammad…President Muhammdu Buhari’s appointment of Maikanti Kacalla Baru as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will have...
By Prince Charles Dickson…In practically all fields of human endeavor in Nigeria, if you cast a lot, the odds are that it would fall on a...
The perennial crisis in the Nigerian energy sector was again brought to the fore with the latest revelation that generator manufacturers and distributors brought into the...
The trial of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, failed to hold today as court went on vacation. The case which is...
Ondo state All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused Governor Olusegun Mimiko of receiving N500 million from the arms deal money. The party in a statement released...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has noted that airlines in the country are free to fix prices for their services and tickets, since the process...
Reprieve has come the way of Yunusa Dahiru, aka Yellow, after he was freed from detention after trial following his abduction and forced marriage of 14-year-old...
Owing to the cash crunch on states in the federation, arising from dwindling revenues from oil receipts, the states are looking inwards to generate the needed...
Gas flaring in the country has been reduced by about 45% from 65% to its current 20%, the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, has said, adding...
A former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore may be in for more troubles in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
At least six suspected Boko Haram members who confessed to be indigenes of Borno State and who disclosed that they fled Bama, Baga and Konduga local...
The Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, has said it is working behind the scenes to resolve the Abia State governorship impasse so as to ensure that there...
Thousands of hungry Venezuelans are reported to have crossed into Colombia to get food days after the border opened briefly for the first time in nearly...
Portugal overcame host France in the final of the European football championship thanks to their Guinea Bissau born striker Eder in the second half of extra...
The extra day holiday enjoyed by Muslims in particular, and Nigerians in general has not gone down well with a group of Christians in the country....
The 2014 National Conference report is currently dominating political and public discourse in Nigeria at the moment. And the National Assembly, seemingly opposed to the stand...
Nigeria’s U-20 squad, Flying Eagles brightened their chances of qualifying for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Zambia after defeating Sudan’s U-20 team 2-1 in...
Arsenal are reportedly considering a £23m move for Barcelona winger Arda Turan, with the Catalan giants looking to cut their losses. The Turkish international joined the...
Juventus have revealed Arsenal have rejected their £34million bid for Alexis Sanchez. The Italian champions have stepped up their pursuit of the Chilean superstar by claiming...
Real Madrid have ended their interest in signing Manchester United target Paul Pogba, according to reports. Sky Sports claims that the Liga giants have no intention...
The IAAF’s Doping Review Board has turned down applications from 67 Russian athletes to compete internationally at the Rio Olympics as “neutral” individuals, following a blanket...
After Britain famously endured a 77-year wait between Wimbledon men’s champions, Andy Murray has given the host country a pair of titles in quick succession. Murray...
The rivalry between the camps of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and the Deputy Governorship candidtate to Alhaji Audu Abubakar, has again been rekindled, as...
Dallas Police Chief David Brown has informed that the shooter of five police officers at a rally in the city two days ago was planning a...
As a fall of the tons of petitions reportedly received by the office of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, the Ekiti State Government, Sunday said...
Divorce is tough and regardless of how long the marriage lasted, what stage in your life you are right now, and how well or poorly you...
Red wine gives drinkers reassurance with each sip. Although, you could also just eat a handful of red grapes and gain the same benefits as a...
Astronomers have located water clouds around the coldest-known object outside the solar system, a brown dwarf 7.2 light-years from Earth. Brown dwarves are stars that never...
Nigerian equities traded all through the two trading sessions in last week in the negative as concerns over the health of Nigerian banking sector, cash requirements...
Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, of Nasarawa state Saturday threatened striking workers in the state to resume work or risk being replaced by fresh graduates. The governor said...
22-year-old Chukwuebuka Umunna is now cooling his heels in police custody after he allegedly hacked his grandfather to death for verbally scolding him. The incident according...
Lafarge Africa Plc, the Nigerian arm of LafargeHolcim- world largest cement and building materials group, has alerted that it could record decline in its profit in...
The noose may have tightened further around the neck of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, as the EFCC, has reportedly obtained...
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming election in Edo state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has lamented that the state is too rich...
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) will never dialogue with the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). It has also given Federal...
Osun state leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are seeking the help of Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II), in Senator Iyiola Omisore...
According to reports, at least 115 soldiers from different armed factions have been confirmed dead after gun duels broke out across the South Sudan capital of...
The family of slain American journalist, Marie Colvin have filed a lawsuit against the Syrian government for the wrongful killing of their daughter. This is following...
The EFCC, has given conditions under which it will enter into plea bargain negotiations with some former Air Force chiefs who are currently under prosecution for...
It was a tragic day for the family of Mr. Olawale Elisha, a pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, as his preacher wife,...
